H05B 6/02
Induction heating
H05B6/02 (Induction heating) appears on 4,619 US grants and 5,633 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05B- Granted patents
- 4,619
- Published applications
- 5,633
- Assignees
- 1,778
- Inventors
- 8,527
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 32 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 46 | 0 |
| 1983 | 22 | 0 |
| 1984 | 52 | 0 |
| 1985 | 47 | 0 |
| 1986 | 49 | 0 |
| 1987 | 41 | 0 |
| 1988 | 43 | 0 |
| 1989 | 36 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 50 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 43 | 0 |
| 1994 | 58 | 0 |
| 1995 | 63 | 0 |
| 1996 | 55 | 0 |
| 1997 | 45 | 0 |
| 1998 | 57 | 0 |
| 1999 | 59 | 0 |
| 2000 | 63 | 0 |
| 2001 | 70 | 20 |
| 2002 | 60 | 59 |
| 2003 | 63 | 91 |
| 2004 | 71 | 83 |
| 2005 | 69 | 111 |
| 2006 | 92 | 102 |
| 2007 | 60 | 88 |
| 2008 | 72 | 97 |
| 2009 | 35 | 106 |
| 2010 | 51 | 134 |
| 2011 | 32 | 131 |
| 2012 | 44 | 161 |
| 2013 | 106 | 165 |
| 2014 | 119 | 175 |
| 2015 | 113 | 220 |
| 2016 | 136 | 247 |
| 2017 | 159 | 289 |
| 2018 | 174 | 290 |
| 2019 | 262 | 339 |
| 2020 | 232 | 355 |
| 2021 | 256 | 350 |
| 2022 | 270 | 393 |
| 2023 | 256 | 413 |
| 2024 | 290 | 496 |
| 2025 | 300 | 364 |
| 2026 | 172 | 354 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H05B 6/10Induction heating apparatus, other than furnaces, for specific applications3,222
- H05B 6/06Control1,619
- H05B 6/36Coil arrangements1,097
- H05B 6/22Furnaces without an endless core282
- H05B 6/04Sources of current231
- H05B 6/34Arrangements for circulation of melts53
- H05B 6/16Furnaces having endless cores51
Recent patents
- Consumable for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,484 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Apparatus for an aerosol generating device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,497 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Housing of an induction hardening tool6 Oct 2026US 12,752,288 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Heating cooking apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,753,926 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Induction coils as non-contact temperature boosters and flow boosters for ferrous and non-ferrous materials in a furnace6 Oct 2026US 12,753,973 B2Inductotherm Corp.
- Aerosol-generating device with internal and external heating arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305720 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Dc cooking appliance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305873 A1Kenyon International, Inc.
- Hydrogen generation device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307031 A1
- Hydrogen generation apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307037 A1
- Method for operating an induction heating apparatus, and in-duction heating apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313759 A1E. G. O. Elektro-Geratebau GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Susceptor for heating semiconductor substrates557US 4,322,592 ARCA Corporation · 1982
- Inductive heating systems for smoking articles480US 5,613,505 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997
- Reactor system for sublimation of pre-clean byproducts and method thereof449US 10,053,774 B2ASM IP Holding B. V. · 2018
- Self-regulating heater utilizing ferrite-type body449US 5,182,427 AMetcal, Inc. · 1993
- Extraction of hydrocarbons in situ from underground hydrocarbon deposits362US 4,008,762 A1977